BioShock's Ken Levine on American Gamers

There's such a deep penetration into the mainstream that not only are games something that people do, but gaming culture is evolving, the Penny Arcade culture, is becoming a culture that is very separate from the actual playing of the game.

Five years ago, the typical [gamer was a] mouth-breathing &#Array; never had a date, potbellied nerd. And of course, they're still there. You go into EB [Games, a video game retail outlet], now and you see like, freakishly cool kids in there. And those kids are really important, because the perception of coolness essentially, amongst any industry, is critically important to its growth. Comic books briefly approached that point, but never really crossed it. But gaming is now past that border of, you'll see kids going to a rock concert or to a motocross event, but they're at an EB instead.

I can't speak for these white devils, but I'm going to assume all VE readers are freakishly sexy beasts.